>I am designing a course on French and Italian women directors (1920-present) >and am having trouble finding much about Italian women directors. Can anyone >recommend names of films that are actually available on VHS or DVD for use >in the classroom? (other than L. Wertmueller) Liliana Cavani Available on DVD&VHS: *Interno Berlinese* (1985) *Francesco* (1989), which would make a great double bill w/her earlier film on Francesco from 1966. Available on 16mm. *Il Portiere di Notte* (1974). VHS only: *Oltre la Porta* (1982). Francesca Archibugi On PAL only: *La Cintura* (1989). Unfortunately, her *Verso Sera* (w/another awesome performance by Mastroianni) was never released in the US. Gloria Monti ______________________________ Gloria Monti, Ph.D. University of California Porter Faculty Services Film and Digital Media Department 1156 High Street Santa Cruz, CA 95064 e-mail: [log in to unmask] voice-mail: 831-459-1498 fax: 831-459-3535 many years later, as he faced the firing squad, colonel aureliano buendía was to remember that distant afternoon when his father took him to discover ice. gabriel garcía márquez, *cien anos de soledad* ---- Online resources for film/TV studies may be found at ScreenSite http://www.tcf.ua.edu/ScreenSite